Box and crate



A. 1.. ROSENMUND 1,933,030

BOX AND CRATE Origin a1 FiledSept. 9, 1951 ZSheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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Oct. 31, 1933- A. L. ROSENMUND' BOX AND CRATE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed Sept. 9, 1931 Fla-4 FIE-E) iNVENToR. I i W a WW! Patented Oct. 31, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOX AND CRATE Alfred L. Rosenmund, Rockaway, N. J., assignor to Stapling Machines 00., a corporation of Delaware Original application September 9, 1931, Serial No. 561,821. Divided and this application May 4, 1932. Serial No. 609,053

10 Claims. (01. 217-41) This invention relates to boxes and crates and at the upper rear corner edge of the box funcparticularly to wirebound boxes and crates. tion as hinges to permit raising the top section It is an object of the invention to provide an for inserting the commodity to be shipped. efficient means for connecting adjacent box or When the box is filled" with its contents the top 5 crate parts. section is lowered to close the box and the ends It is a further object to provide a fastening of the binders are connected to complete the means for connecting box parts which is strong continuity of the binders and hold the top secand durable, yet inexpensive. tion in closed position.

It is a further object to provide a fastening Heretofore the ends of each binder 7 have means of the character described which may be been intertwisted to complete the continuity of 65 readily manipulated to open and closed posithe binder. Such intertwisting has been objections swithout employing a specially constructed tionable because the sharp ends of the binder tool or mechanical device. remained exposed to cut the hands or clothing It is a further object to provide a fastening of those persons who handled the box; and also l means of the character described which is because such an intertwisting necessitated a cut- 70 adapted to resist relative longitudinal shifting ting of the binder to open the box and thus of meeting edges of adjacent box parts. render the box unfit for a repeated opening and It is a further object to utilize the binding closing. Attempts have been made to provide Wires of adjacent wirebound box parts as a a fastener which would permit a ready opening fastening means for detachably connecting said and closing of the box without cutting the wires. 75 parts. Such attemptstook the form of loops formed on It is a further object to provide a means of each end of the binder by bending the binder separably uniting the flexible binders of adback upon itself and wrapping the loose end jacent box parts in such manner as to bury the about the body of the binder, one loop being binder ends. smaller than the other to permit passing the 80 It is a further object of the invention to prosmaller loop through the larger loop and then vide a means of completing the continuity of a bending the smaller loop back upon itself. Such box encircling binder in such manner as to bury looped fasteners were objectionable because they the ends of the binder and permit a ready breakrequired accuracy of adjustment and alignment ing and re-making of the continuity of the bindrelative to the box edges and to each other, and 85 er without exposing the binder ends.- also because the sharp binder ends remained In the drawings: exposed, as in the ordinary intertwisting of the Figure l is a perspective view of a wirebound wire ends.

box embodying the invention. Applicant has provided a fastener for complet- Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a closing corner ing the continuitypf the binder which eliminates 90 of the box and showing one of the binders prothe objections referred to above, and which also vided with the illustrative fastening means. functions to resist longitudinal shifting of adja- Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the manner cent box sections. of connecting adjacent sections by hooking one Referring to Fig. 4 the binder 7 which extends fastener through the other. beyond the front edge of top section 1 is bent 5 Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are enlarged views of a box at its end (as shown in dotted lines) to provide part and binding wire stapled thereto and ila prong 9 long enough to be driven through the lustrating the manner of manipulating the wire section 1 and clinched. The binder 7 is then to provide a fastener for connecting the box bent to bring the prong 9 over the section 1, as part to another box part. shown in Fig. 5, and to provide a U-shaped bight The illustrative box consists of a top section 10 extending from the edge of the section. The 1, a front section 2, a rear section 3, a bottom. prong 9 is then driven through the section 1 at section 4, and end sections 5. The sections may a point relatively remote from the body of the be reenforced at either end of the box by cleats binder 7 and is clinched on the under side of the 0 6. Encircling the top, rear, front and bottom section (as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 5 and sections are a plurality of flexible binders 7 6). Thus, one leg of the U-shaped bight 10 is (preferably wires) secured to the sections by fixed to the section 1 by the staples 8, and the staples 8 which preferably pass through the other leg is fixed to the section at a relatively sections and are clinched; to firmly secure the remote point by the prong 9 and the end of the 55 binders to the sections. The flexible binders 7 bind?! (which is now the end of the pr e 9) is buried in the underside of the section and is no longer exposed.

Similarly the other end of the binder 7 is provided with 2. prong 9, is bent around over the front section 2, and the prong 9 driven through the section 2 and clinched, thus providing a U-- shaped bight 11 on the front section (see Fig. 2) to interengage with the bight 10 on the top section.

In the illustrative box the bight 11 is made slightly narrower than the bight 10 to readily pass therethrough when the top section is lowered, but it will be understood that thesizes may be re- .versed to permit the bight 10 to be passed through the bight 1L When the parts are in the interengaging position shown in Fig. 2, the bight 11 is bent downward over the bight 10 as shown in Fig. 3, thus locking the top section to the front section. Because the legs of each U-shaped bight are fixed to their respective sections at spaced points, the fastener as a whole resists relative longitudinal shifting of the top and front sections under stresses and strains, thus adding to the rigidity of the box.

To open the box the bight 11 may be raised to the position shown in Fig. 2, and the top section raised. The top may again be closed in the manner already described.

Such a fastening means is at least as strong as intertwisted wire ends, permits a ready opening and reclosing of the box, eliminates the objectionable exposed sharp ends of the binder, and increases the rigidity and durability of the box by resisting shifting of the box parts under strain. And all of these advantages are obtained by utilizing the binder as its own fastener in the manner described and without providingseparate fastening means.

While the illustrative box shows the use of the fastening means for connecting the top and front sections of the box it will be understood that the fastener may be used for connecting other parts of a box or crate.

This application is a division of my co-pending application Serial No. 561,821, filed September 9, 1931.

I claim:

1. In a wirebound box, a wire binding encir cling the box and stapled thereto, each end of said wire being bent to provide 9. prong and also bent back toward the body of the wire to provide a bight, and the prong being driven into the box side at a point relatively remote from the body of the wire to' perpetuate the bight and bury the wire end whereby interengaging bights are provided on the wire at the closing corner of the box and the wire ends are not exposed exteriorly of the box.

2. In a wirebound box, a wire binding encircling the box and stapled thereto, each end of said wire being bent to provide a prong and also bent back toward the body of the wire to provide a bight, and the prong being driven into the box side to perpetuate the bight and bury the wire end whereby interengaging bights are provided on the wire at the closing corner of the box and the wire ends are not exposed exteriorly of the box.

. 3. In a wirebound box, a wire binding encircling the box and stapled thereto, each end of said wire being bent to provide a prongand also bent back toward the body of the wire to provide a bight, and the prong being driven into the box side to perpetuate the bight whereby interengaging bights are provided on the wire at the closing corner of the box and the wire ends are not exposed exteriorly of the box.

4; In a wirebound box, a wire binding encircling the box and stapled thereto, each end of said wire being bent back toward the body of the wire and driven into the box side to provide a bight, whereby interengaging bights are provided on the wire at the closing corner of the box and the wire ends are not exposed exteriorly of the box.

5. In combination with a box, an encircling binder secured thereto, each end of said binder being bent back and driven into a box side to form a bight and to bury the binder end, and the two bights thus formed being located for hooking engagement with each other.

6. A fastener for connecting adjacent box parts comprising a wire stapled to a box part and bent adjacent its end to form a bight and having its end driven into the box part to perpetuate the bight and bury the wire end; the bight thus formed being adapted to hook over a wire on another box part to connect the two.

7. In combination with a box part, a combined binder and fastener comprising a wire stapled to the box part and bent adjacent its end to provide 2. prong and bent intermediate the prong and the point of staple anchorage to provide a bight and having the prong driven into the box part to perpetuate the bight; the bight thus formed being adapted to connect its box part with another 5 box part.

8. In combination with a box part, a combined binder and fastener comprising a flexible binder secured to the box part and bent adjacent its end to form a bight and having its end driven into the box part to perpetuate the bight, whereby a flexible bight is provided on the binder extending from the box part and adapted to connect the box part with'another box part.

9. In combination with a box part, a combined 125 binder and fastener comprising a flexible binder secured to the box part and bent adjacent each of its ends to form a bight adjacent each end of the binder, and having its ends driven into the box part to perpetuate the bights, whereby a flexible bight is provided on each end of the binder which is adapted to connect the box part with another box part.

10. In combination with a box, an encircling flexible binder secured thereto, each end of said binder being bent back andv driven into a' box side to form a bight, whereby the bight on one end of the binder may be hooked through the bight on the other end of the binder to complete the continuity thereof.

ALFRED L. ROSENMUND. 

